Tiger Woods almost denied unbreakable 138-year record at Pebble Beach by rule violation

Tiger Woods almost denied unbreakable 138-year record at Pebble Beach by rule violation

Champion Tiger Woods would go on to win the other three majors consecutively, becoming the only golfer in history to hold all four at the same time.

 

The run stretched across 2000 and 2001, meaning that while the ‘Calendar Slam’ has never been done, the ‘Tiger Slam’ remains the closest thing to it.

Scottie Scheffler’s dominance in recent years has led to speculation that the current world no.1 could match some of Woods’ absurd records in the game.

But as Scheffler heads to the AT&T Pro-Am at Pebble Beach to begin his 2025 season, we are once again reminded there is one Woods record that will probably never be broken

 

That historic 2000 US Open at Pebble Beach saw Woods win by a margin of 15 shots.

 

It surpassed the previous record set by golf’s founding father Old Tom Morris at the 1862 Open Championship at Prestwick – 138 years prior.

Woods finished on 12-under-par, while his closest competitors were Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez on 3-over-par.

With treacherous weather conditions for much of the four rounds, the 24-year-old Woods was able to break 70 every day except Saturday – when he made a triple bogey and still finished at even-par for the round.

It remains the largest winning margin in major championship history – and nobody has come close to beating it since.

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Woods himself won the 2000 Open Championship later that year by eight shots to complete the career grand slam.

Rory McIlroy has won two of his four majors by eight shots, the same margin of victory for Martin Kaymer at the 2014 US Open.